Tent attachment for automobiles.



0. W. COOK.

TENT ATTACHMENT FOB AUTOMOBILES;

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 2|. 1916.

1,267,979- Patented May 28,1918

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

awe/"too O. W. COOK.

TENT ATTACEMENT F08 AUTOMOBILES.

APPUCATION FILED OCT. .1916.

Patented May 28, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 m m m m a h D 0 O 0 O O O OTIS W. COOK, 0E FORT DODGE,IOWA,

TENT ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1918.

Application filed October 21, 1918. Serial No. 128,927.

To all whom it may con/mm.-

Be it known that I, O'rrs Wv Coon, av oitizen of (he United States.residing at Fort Dodge, in the county of lobster and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tout Attachments forAutomobiles; and, I do hereby (ioolore the following; to 51. full cieor,and oxok'rl' doscripflon of the invention, ouch :4: wiil on able othersskiliwi in tho art lo which it appertaios 1o 1min md use; the mono Thisin ntion rolmios to tents, and has for one obgoct tho provioion of atent of novel onstruction, deSignl to ho oomcioto l with an automobile,whereby to admit of the camping out of tourists. when closireol, thesaid tent iw'hg adopted whom not in use to be folded into a compact m Iso that it can be stored in a, minin'ium amount of space in (he oralmohiio.

Another ohiw of the '31 provision of no :1v cots for tho o: the saidcol-s -mi; they oar hi oiiu'm of the touristm mm! rmtlion that l: i :o'mfilo grolmd by the wi y oi ilw ii too: h :2 tho so porting SiFH ll-HTEfor the; field-i 1 mo in opor=- ative position. and Ewing dosignwrh whenin inopwativo position, to ho folded with the body of iho tom so as tobe conveniently stored.

Other objoctis wil! onpoar and no better undorsiom i from 33 1?.omhoriimenl: of lilo inmnfiion"o w ioi: rho following is a spooi-=fioal'ion coco i no: had to the aooorm panyino drawing; og a withthereof, in wliit iz Figaro i with film out being; oh TR is o. Tom" Viewof automfihiio in *Wriu'ivo promo-o, fli ion in s iii 2 er niarspocuveview of one of tho tom ovations: ill a'ni'olois'efl posifiion andlotaclmzi i" m the miromohiio,

I" is i ioizii pizza view of one end of one of iiro owls,

Fig. 4 a. side View of an automohiie, showing the tent in foldedposition, ami fo oom'ontionol purposes showing ihe tantoarriorl by thounder side of the top of the automobile,

Fig? 5 is a plan View of the blank of which one of the tent sections iscomposed,

l' ig. 6 is a perspeotivu View of one of tho cots, showing the manner ofsupporting the some in operative, position.

Rv-forring to the drawings iii detail, the

letter A designates an automobile having a top R of usual construction.Tho tent is shown as consisting of opposed sections, one of which isright and the other left hand in construction. and both of which consistof a. top flap 3. side flap 2, from flap 3 and rear flap 4. The xoctionsare adorned when. in operative 1303lh'71'l. in liv r11"; orzivoiy o l'hoopposaito siiiiw of tin ixoiiy 21ml tho ion lo 31s 1 of Mo compmiionchoir: we" adopt rd in overlie tho roof ml the in' l-imoljik: ion asslmwn in Fig. l'. The mp lli'z m l. of tho soctions ar of sullivioni'lonqtl; in fu l if of the si io flops 9 being s iioor 'l l"!-l:i(ii*l:lidistances from thrurljnoont sides oi tho automobile holly. wlu-n The to?is in. operafive position. The mwcting: mi e f? the hip flops areprovided with 0 1 i: J for reooiw Eng loo'ing s, or cfher fr hi'Cwlllflgolmoonts, for soooring the: top flaps l toggjothoi' when tho soctionsare in opsolive posiliom The rear flap 4 of each foot soction is;adapter to iio in rear of ho mi omobile holly whom he emotions are inoporativo posiiiom zrml. each of the roar flaps 4- are providod withrrwrrz of eyel to 6, adj-own? thoir oppmito lo! iuriinoi edges, so as toadmit of the; r flopo 4 on the ion? @ooiiom Ewing connomwi by laoingg,or miwr foal Hing: ol-aio n 'm vvlmn the sections are in 'lm ii-s mlzown in Fig. 1 anal M 10 l'o :r'imii f ill" :ifl- Flap. 2 f the tent(,ifi'iflll" illii'if: rinrlnorl'mi lo the zidjooont "-v a? flog is: i hring: or other Familial-lo Fasteners. The: nilimp- Ii :2 ii? ton? lionsare :Niflpljml To h oi-Howl ll from of rho winrisihiolrl of 'll'iu a inbody, and tho front lln 2; on I'll: innit have their moeiiog: Pdwhim-n15; ma ffiowo oi. '3" in Fig. 5 of H1? ai ings, to Elf- Io :uimil,of the front flap filling ovor ilw howl pm iii 3f: of the SLIHUHJOLVUbody. Fizz; flops have fimso oilgos afig mfefll this flops 2 pro--Viilfli with. (aw-551.: 53 whiol': odmi? of i ho flaps having, mwtionwith the sail-lo flaps 2 by moon? of Buria -9o, or olholi viab efootoners: which axiom fl'irough i'iw oyefoiis 8 and similar eyeletscarried by the adjacentodges of the side flaps The outer iortions of thefont oomions are supportzori in opomtivo imit-ion by moons of supportingfrmnvo ouch. of which includes a pull of comer osts 9 formed oftelescoping sections, tho lhwoi soctions of the corner posts 9 beingoxtonded through l ss loops 10 carried by the nd 'c-urenl side flaws 2-"of the side flaps. The corner posts 9 of each frame are connected bymeans of a. connecting rod 11, formed of adjustable telescopingsections, and the supporting frames are braced in position by means ofinclined brace rods 12, which are also formed of adjustable telescopingsections and have their upper ends operatively con nected with theadjacent connecting rod 11 and their lower ends bifurcated, as shown at13, and adapted to engage over the hub portions of the adjacent wheelsof the body of the automobile, as shown more particularly in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings.

A pair of cots are to be suspended Within the tent and on opposite sidesof the autobile body and each consists of a body portion formed of arectangular piece of canvas, designated. 14. the opposite longitudinaledges of the body 14 being bent and folded over on the body 14, as shownat 15, and fixed so as to provide pockets for the reception of rods 16.Supporting straps 17 pass beneath the body 14 of the cot, adjacent theopposite ends of each of the cots, and have their opposite endsextending beyond the adjacent longitudinal edges of the bodies 14, andterminally provided with hooks 18. The hooks 18 on the oppositeterminals of the supporting straps for each cot are adapted to engage.respectively, over the connecting rods 11 of the supporting frames andover the upper edge of the adjacent sides of the body of the automobile,as shown more particularly in Fig. (l of the drawings. The rods 16.which extend through the pockets 15 at the opposite longitudinal edgesof the bodies 14' of the cots, have their opposite ends projectingbeyond the adjacent ends of the cot and each is provided with a pair ofspaced circular members 19. hen the cots are in operative position, rods20 extend across the op posite ends of the cots, and the said rods havetheir opposite ends bifurcated and engaging the extended ends of therods 16, at points between the circular members 19, as shown in Fig. 3of the dx Wings. The rods 20 serve to reinforce the cots and preventthedcots from collapsing when being occup When it is desired to fold thetents the cots are detached and the rods 20 removed, so to admit of thecots being folded longitudinally. The tent supporting frames are thendetached and collapsed, and the tent sections disconnected from eachother ad the adjacent connected flaps of each section released. so as toadmit of the sec tions being folded into the mass, as shown in Fig. 4,and mounted beneath the roof of the automobile top.

It is evident that various changes might be resorted to in theconstruction, form and arrangement of the several parts withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. The combination with a vehicle, of a tent therefor, means adapted tosupport the sides of the tent in spaced relations to the sides of thevehicle. and a cot adapted to be supported at one side of th vehicle andat its outer side by said means.

9. The combination nith .i vehicle body, of a tcnttstrin-ture rletarlndily associated with the body, supporting frames for the tentstructure cots located on opposite sides of the vehicle body, su'wporting straps ex tending below the cot and having hooks thereon forconnection with the body and the adjacent supporting frame.

3. The combination with a vehicle body, of a tent structure detaehablyassociated with the body, supporting frames for the tent structure. cotslocated on opposite sides of the vehicle body and each consisting of a.flexible body, rods located at the opposite sides of the body of eachcot, supporting straps extending below the cot and having hooks thereonfor onnection with the body and the adjacent sup 'iort'ing frame, anddctachablc rods located at the opposite ends of the cots and havingconnection with the rods at the side edges of the cots, for the purposespecified.

Tn testimony whereof I aliix my signalure in presence of two witnesses.

